Star Wars is a cultural phenomenon. It’s been so weird watching episodes of The Mandalorian these past few weeks because it’s the future of the franchise—not an Earth-shattering event that’s decades in the making, but a weekly series that comes at you gradually without the weight of mammoth expectations. Of course, there will still be movies and those movies will be important, but we now live in a world where Star Wars is more constant rather than being some fascinating piece of pop culture that has morphed from blockbuster to cult fandom and back again. …